Irene Tsu

Renowned actress Irene Tsu was born April 5, 1943, in Shanghai, China. Her father was a banker and her mother a painter. When the Communiststook over China the family left for Taiwan, then Formosa. They lateremigrated to New York City, where Irene attended Mamoroneck Elementaryand studied ballet.

She was a teenage dancer in Flower Drum Song (1961) , directed by 'Henry Koster' . Hegave her her first speaking role as a teenage prostitute in his nextfilm, Take Her, She's Mine (1963) starring'James Stewart (I)' and 'Sandra Dee (I)' , which launched heracting career. She studied acting with Ned Maderino, 'Lee Strasberg' and'Peggy Feury' , among others, and for the next 20 years she playedan assortment of "native girls" and "dutiful daughter" roles. Inaddition, she was the TV spokeswoman for Chevron Island and StandardOil, as well as Hawaiian Punch. She became a respected leading lady andworked with some of the biggest names in the business, from'Elvis Presley' and 'John Wayne (I)' to'Jeff Bridges (I)' and 'Richard Dreyfuss' .

The 1990s saw Irene mature into such roles as doctors, lawyers andmothers. She guest-starred as 'Garrett Wang' 's mother in "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) , 'Ming-Na Wen' 's mom in "The Single Guy" (1995) , the judge in Unauthorized: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story (2000) (TV) , "CSI: NY" (2004) , "The Division" (2001) and "Strong Medicine" (2000) , among others. She also appeared in the'Peter Ho-sun Chan' hit Hong Kong film Tian mi mi (1996) and Gam gai (2002) . For the past decade Irene has been a successful realtor in BeverlyHills. She enjoys helping people to realize their dreams, whether byfinding them their first condo or selling their multi-million-dollarfamily estate or helping them invest in income properties.

Irene is asingle mother to nine-year-old Yasmine and has ben a yoga practitionerfor 25 years. She teaches Bikram yoga for the Beverly Hills Departmentof Parks. .

There is some small facts about Irene Tsu:

Winner "Miss Chinatown" beauty pageant, San Francisco, 1961

Born in China but raised in New York City.

Fluent in three dialects in Chinese, some Japanese and French.

Irene is a yoga practitioner of twenty years and a certified yoga teacher.

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Tsu, Irene in movies: Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred , John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! , Mr. Novak , Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law , The New Phil Silvers Show , 7 Women , A Girl to Kill For , A Touch of Scandal , Airport 1975 , Alibi , Caprice , Cops and Robin , Damiens Island , Down and Out in Beverly Hills , Flower Drum Song , Gam gai , Hot Potato , How to Stuff a Wild Bikini , Island of the Lost , Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders , Mr. Jones , Paper Tiger , Paradise, Hawaiian Style , Sleeping Dogs , Snapdragon , Steele Justice , Take Her, Shes Mine , Tell Me No Secrets , The Green Berets , The Horizontal Lieutenant , The Karate Killers , The Sword of Ali Baba , The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go , Three the Hard Way , Tian mi mi , Unbecoming Age , Under the Yum Yum Tree , Ways of the Flesh , Widows Kiss , Women of the Prehistoric Planet